烈日

lièrì

noun HSK 7-9 #24,165

Meanings

1 scorching sun
2 blazing sun

Characters

fierce, intense, burning

Examples

HSK 4

在烈日下工作非常辛苦。

Zài lièrì xià gōngzuò fēicháng xīnkǔ.

Working under the scorching sun is very hard.

HSK 5

烈日当空，他们仍然坚持训练。

Lièrì dāng kōng, tāmen réngrán jiānchí xùnliàn.

With the blazing sun overhead, they still persisted in training.

Tips

memory

烈 means fierce/intense and 日 means sun - a fierce sun. 烈 also appears in 激烈 (intense) and 热烈 (enthusiastic), all sharing the sense of fiery intensity.

Stroke Order

烈 liè

日 rì